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Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

‘You people disgust me’: Spirit Airlines employee shares piles of trash left on flight in viral TikTok

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

A man yells at people who have BLM and pride signs.

‘This guy is on his way to a heart attack’: TikToker says male Karen had public meltdown over BLM and Pride signs

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

USPS truck pushes car through flooded street

‘The Amazon truck could never’: Viral TikTok shows USPS truck pushing car out of floodwaters

Cecilia Lenzen is a former freelance writer for the Daily Dot.

Cecilia Lenzen

‘Why would I give you a job?’: TikToker quits $100K salary job, begs Logan Paul to hire him—and cries when it doesn’t work

@exterminatorking, furniture infested with bed bugs

Exterminator puts man on blast for allegedly trying to donate bed bug-infested furniture to single mom

Clara is a full-time digital nomad writing about culture, food, and music. Her work has been featured in publications such as Refinery29, the Austin Chronicle, USA Today, and NiceKicks. She aims to be quicker on her feet than Borat&#8217;s lawyers.

Clara Wang

‘Capitalism’: Viral TikTok shows customers standing in floodwater to finish paying at NYC comedy club (updated)

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

‘Nice dystopia you got there’: Grubhub worker spotted delivering food amid NYC floods sparks outrage

Samira Sadeque is a New York-based journalist reporting on immigration and mental health, and will sometimes write about memes and dinosaurs too. Her work also appears in Reuters, NPR, and NBC among other publications. She graduated from Columbia Journalism School, and her work has been nominated for SAJA awards.

Samira Sadeque

‘Legend’: Viral TikTok shows man roller skating away from the cops

Jennifer Xia is a former editorial intern for the Daily Dot and journalism student at the University of Texas at Austin. She has interned previously at Austin Monthly and Austin Woman magazines.

Jennifer Xia

Two panel picture. On the left is a male mechanic with no hair and glasses. On the right is a female mechanic taking a picture in the mirror.

‘This is a man’s world’: Female mechanic exposes workplace discrimination in viral TikTok

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

‘BESTIES THE PLAN WORKED’: TikToker’s trick to getting out of jury duty seemingly works, goes viral (updated)

Nahila Bonfiglio reports on geek culture and gaming. Her work has also appeared on KUT&#8217;s Texas Standard (Austin), KPAC-FM (San Antonio), and the Daily Texan.

Nahila Bonfiglio

‘What’s sad is people think this sh*t is cool’: Video shows people allegedly pushing Airbnb host into his own pool after he asks them to shut party down

white man staring at Black family while they eat

‘They just don’t want to see us happy’: White man stares at Black family enjoying a meal in viral TikTok

Paramedic simulates the scary ‘last interaction’ many COVID patients have

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

‘The noise of this car drives me nuts’: Karen questions if TikToker’s car is ‘street legal’ in viral video

Kathryn Cardin is a Missouri-born writer and editor who currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. She enjoys cooking, and her dog and cat enjoy when she spills.

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